Architecture: 1790s-1840s
1790sThe Presidents House was a major feature of Pierre Charles L'Enfant's 1791 plan for the city of Washington. He envisioned a...
View of the Latrobe-Hoban segmental vault under the North Portico. (White House Number 29)
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- Historic American Building Survey
View of the Latrobe-Hoban segmental vault under the North Portico. (White House Number 29)
View of the Latrobe-Hoban segmental vault under theNorth Portico. The course of cut stone that formed the outer edge of Latrobe’s original vaulted bridge still reads clearly as a broad rectilinear rib arcing gently downward (northward) toward the rear of
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